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The practice of using single point rubrics is slowly but surely catching on. The simplicity of these rubrics - with just a single column of criteria, rather than a full menu of performance levels - offers a whole host of benefits:

Teachers find them easier and faster to create, because they no longer have to spend precious time thinking up all the different ways students could fail to meet expectations.

Students find them easier to read when preparing an assignment. With only the target expectations to focus on, they are more likely to read those expectations.

They allow for higher-quality feedback, because teachers must specify key problem areas and notable areas of excellence for that particular student, rather than choosing from a list of generic descriptions.

Want to Learn More?

I first talked about this type of rubric in an earlier post ( Know Your Terms: Holistic, Analytic, and Single-Point Rubrics). If this is the first time you've encountered this type of rubric, reading this will give you some background knowledge on all the different types of rubrics and why the single-point deserves world domination.

To give credit where it's due, I did not come up with the name single point rubric. Although the idea for a simplified rubric with a single set of criteria came to me independently, when I went looking for academic support for its use, I found that the type of rubric I had in mind was given the name "Single Point Rubric" in 2000 during a conference presentation by someone named Mary Dietz. Attending that conference was a researcher named Jarene Fluckiger, who published a study on its effectiveness in 2010. (The reference to Dietz is in Fluckiger's paper, but no one named Dietz has published anything on the topic.)

Show Us Your Rubrics!

I urge you to take one of your most convoluted rubrics and make a single-point version of it. Then show it to the world, so other teachers can learn: Take a screenshot of it and post the picture on Twitter with the hashtag #singlepointrubric. If you aren't on Twitter or don't feel like doing this, just put a link to your rubric in the comments below. Help us start a movement to rid the world of ineffective rubrics!

Another Variation (Added in 2017)

After considering some of the limitations of this format, I played around with the rubric a bit more and came up with this variation:

The original version of the single point rubric allowed no space for actually pointing out when the student hit the standard, apart from maybe circling or highlighting the middle column. With this format, teachers can pinpoint where the student is on each descriptor, then offer feedback, either constructive, positive, or both.

To grab a copy of this for your own modification, click here.

Need Ready-Made Rubrics?

My Rubric Pack gives you four different designs in Microsoft Word and Google Docs formats. It also comes with video tutorials to show you how to customize them for any need, plus a Teacher's Manual to help you understand the pros and cons of each style. Check it out here:

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The practice of using single point rubrics is slowly but surely catching on. Try one for yourself and let us see it!

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A format that provides students with personalized feedback and works to keep them from focusing solely on their grade.

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Group 2_ Museum of Us Rubric Assessment (1)

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_Group 1_ Museum of Us Rubric Assessment (1)

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Group 4 did an amazing job at including all the amazing terms that we learned in class. I really enjoyed the resources, videos, definitions and group activities that really made us think about community as a class. - Amanda

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Group 3 did a good job establishing how important communication really is. They also did a good job explaining how and why we communicate. I like their activity on how they asked the students to create a different type of communication by doing drawings.

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Group 2 did a good job on keeping the audience engaged during their presentation by being creative with their activities. I liked how they use their videos and how it related to what the theme of the lesson was about.

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I really liked the the engaging group lesson that the group put together. The video and overall slides where really good!-  Amanda

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Group 1 had a lot of jamboard slides, but it helped make the discussions very interesting and interactive. The presentation was designed very nicely and portrayed as very creative overall.

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I really enjoyed how you guys got us to think about how we communicate with others and who makes up our communities. I really liked the last activity and how you guys came up with an activity to use alternative and creative ways to communicate. Great ideas and great execution. - Amanda Ortiz

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Group 5 had very creative slides to match with the theme of identity. The questions and activities were very effective because the activities and questions were the type of things that would make a student feel comfortable and step out of their comfort zone so they can express their identity.

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Group 5, the theme of the presentation really should out and completed your entire lesson. Loved how organized and thoughout your layout of what you guys wanted to go over in class. It was also really nice to see the identity poems of the ebbets field students! really combined our sense of identity and community, to the whole reason behind the museum of us project! - Amanda

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I really liked how creative your activities were. I like how your group added videos that tied into your topic. Overall I think group 2 did a great job with this presentation!

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I really like how much detail group 5 put into their presentation. I think that they did a great job incorporating different activities and relating it to their topic. I also like how creative their presentation was.

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The lesson was very creative and engaging from the start. I like how the questions asked and videos all related back to community, it was something that I learned from, so I know for a fact the students learned from it as well.- Alex

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The lesson was very creative and engaging from the start. I like how the questions asked and videos all related back to community, it was something that I learned from, so I know for a fact the students learned from it as well.- Alex

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Group 3's presentation, changed my perspective on communication and how important communication is. I liked how they then connected it to the lesson which was alternative ways to communicate. - Alex Mosley

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Group 3's presentation, changed my perspective on communication and how important communication is. I liked how they then connected it to the lesson which was alternative ways to communicate. - Alex Mosley

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There were many terms and strategies in this presentation that were from the textbook, which we learned this year. I liked how you related the lesson back to how our community influences our upbringing - Alex Mosley

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There were many terms and strategies in this presentation that were from the textbook, which we learned this year. I liked how you related the lesson back to how our community influences our upbringing - Alex Mosley

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What stood out to me in this presentation was the organizatino and how good it was. I also liked the different activities incorporated throughout the lesson. - Alex Mosley

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What stood out to me in this presentation was the organizatino and how good it was. I also liked the different activities incorporated throughout the lesson. - Alex Mosley

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the lessons was very interesting. I love how organized the slides were. I had learned so much about communities.

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You guys did an amazing job with your lesson. You had taught me how important communication is in the community. I love how interactive your lesson is.

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I love how you included what we learn from the textbook into your lessons. The lesson was very organized and love how it made us really think about our communities.

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I thought that this group did a great job of incorporating the 5 senses and creating meaningful relevant details to help students to see ways they can connect to communities through the sense. I thought your group did great at presenting as well, at times of silence you continued to be lively!

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I love your slides and how organized it was . I love how your respect each student's comfort zone when it came to our feedback with the lesson.

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I really loved this lesson! I thought it was such a great way of incorporating cultures into a lesson/topic for students to see the importance of learning about one's culture amongst a community. I thought the presentation was very organized and informative. The group did a great job of displaying the information!

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I personally thought this presentation was amazing! I thought it caught all of the student's attention and made it clear to understand. I also really liked seeing vocabulary from the textbook! Overall, really good job with presenting!

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This presentation made me look at identity in a new perspective! I also loved how you made the space an open conversation- not forcing students to answer rather you gave them the option to communicate via text or by unmuting themselves.

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I think when you think of a community its the people, places, smells, and things you see throughout it- so incorporating the five senses was very creative. I enjoyed how interactive it was.

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The lesson really portrayed how many different cultures affect a community and I love that they're learning about the Ebbetts fields student's cultures!

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I loved how they tied communication abilities within a community. I think the lesson was very interactive and got us communicating in different ways.

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I thought group 4 did an amazing job presenting and getting an abundance of information across to us in such a timely manner. They provided many resources and the presentation was very aesthetically pleasing. Great job!

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Group 3 did an awesome job by maintaining similar formats on slides, but asking different questions. I believe this allows for students to stay focused and organized throughout the lesson.

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I loved that you included info from the textbook and that you used different forms of media to enhance your lesson and keep students engaged!

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I really loved the theme of your slides, it's fun, bright, and entertaining which is key for students. And I really loved your "I am" Poems slide as an example for your students!!!

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utilizing 5 senses in a lesson about community is really unique and creative for a lesson, and really makes the students think about the community for more than what they visually can picture it as. awesome job!!!

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I thought the lesson was a great way to teach about the different cultures. I also liked how they were able to keep everyone engaged through jamboards and asking questions often.

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I thought the lesson was a great way to teach about the different cultures. I also liked how they were able to keep everyone engaged through jamboards and asking questions often.

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Group 3 showed how communication in your community is important and how many different ways there are to communicate. I liked how we were able to talk about it in groups and communicate with our groups.

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Group 3 showed how communication in your community is important and how many different ways there are to communicate. I liked how we were able to talk about it in groups and communicate with our groups.

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I liked how group 1 used the 5 senses about community. I feel like it was a very unique way of connecting us to our communities. I also liked how interactive it was with the jamboards. 

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I liked how group 1 used the 5 senses about community. I feel like it was a very unique way of connecting us to our communities. I also liked how interactive it was with the jamboards. 

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I liked how group 4 used information from the textbook and what we learned in class. They gave a lot of information and they were very clear with what they presented. 

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I liked how group 4 used information from the textbook and what we learned in class. They gave a lot of information and they were very clear with what they presented. 

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group 1 did an excellent job on thinking of including the five senses as their topic. I think that it is a really interesting topic for the students because it forces them to think of their community while multitasking to use their senses. Group 1 also made the presentation very interesting.

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I liked the way that group 3 organized their presentation for the kids and for our class. the slides were very easy to understand and it didn't feel like it was too much information to read. the questions they asked were also formatted very well too.

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this group used so many of the methods used in textured teaching and it really shows how effective these are for bringing awareness to the classroom.

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I loved how group 5 highlighted the importance of being aware of each students' differences in the classroom. As an educator we have to be aware of how to make each student comfortable and group 5 did an excellent job of explaining this.

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I think group 1 did a great job, especially being first! I feel like I learned a lot about the 5 senses of community and how my senses impact my experiences. The activities they had the class do were so interesting and fun! I thought this presentation was very creative and I am glad I got to experience it.

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I really loved this presentation. It was interesting and engaging all throughout. I enjoyed thinking intensively about the activities as they were so creative and thought-provoking. Great Job!

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I liked Group 3's presentation a lot. Their focus on communication was so interesting and taught me some more about communicating in our societies. I also thought it was very interactive and easy to follow. Awesome job!

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Group 4 used so many methods in their presentation. They showed how important it is to be inclusive in the classroom. I really liked that they used a lot of the Textured teaching methods and demonstrated them for all of us to see and then participate in. I thought this presentation was really great!

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Communication was an interesting topic to use and I think group 3 was successful. I enjoyed the creative slides and definitions and the use fo student examples!

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I really enjoyed the video and the activities. Including and engaging the audience was a great part of the presentation.

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The presentation was wonderful visually and went into great depth about community. I enjoyed the video as well!

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The theme of the five senses was an interesting and fun theme! The activities and the engagement with the class was really great as well.

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I really enjoyed the theme of culture in this presentation. I thought it was great how they included the students ideas and cultures as well!

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I loved the diversity in your slides with the methods and styles you guys had presented with. I think you guys were very strong in the way you had used the terms we had talked about in class. I really enjoyed the video you guys had used and the group activities we did.

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I thought when presenting you all spoke very well and were very confident in what you were presenting. I didn't think you guys had much silence when presenting and kept the conversation flowing nice.

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The idea of using the 5 senses is such a great idea when thinking about your community. You guys had us all think about what we hear, smell, see, in this area. I thought the idea was smart and creative and would love to hear more about it.

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I loved this lesson. I thought it was a cool way to incorporate different cultures into a community. I loved the video as well you guys really did a great job!

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I enjoyed group 1's slides and themes. the 5 senses of your community was very interesting and a different way of viewing your community. it was presented really well by the group and was equally distributed amongst the group

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culture is very important in a community and I thought group 2 did a great job presenting how culture is present in a Community. The activities were creative and really tied in well with the presentation.

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Group 3's presentation was very interactive and the display was very nice. Like the rest of the presentations the topic was very important to community because in a community there are so many ways of communication and who we communicate with.

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I loved the design of group 5s presentation very colorful and bright and really caught my eye. The topics of conversation were really well connected to the theme of the presentation.

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Group 1 was the first group to present for all of us and they really set the example of how it is done. They did such a wonderful job and were so well organized with their slides. I especially liked the way they incorporated the five senses

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Group 2 had presented such an amazing idea with includes culture in communities. I think they really did a great job teaching about different cultures which is so important to learn.

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Group 4 did a really great job on teaching more about communities. They were so well organized and they really showed us what they have learned through the course of this class. It was definitely a well educated presentation.

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Group 5 was definitely my favorite when it came to design. The first thing that caught my eye was the theme of the slides they presented. I thought it was amazing and I thought it was something so good that they used for the students. They were very well organized and designed.

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The presentation from group 1 was great overall. Asking individuals to use the 5 senses to help understand and learn about their community is a great idea. I think incorporating the use of jamboard makes the activity more accessible in that participation can be more active.

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Group 3's presentation contained a lot of good aspects. I enjoyed how many activities that were included in the presentation. I think the community aspect was really taught well. I think that the community aspect was taught really well and I think that was important. My favorite activity would have to be the group one. I think it is a really well made activity that would get the students thinking.

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Group 4's presentation was very informative. The mayor activity was a great decision. I think that the students who participated in this activity got to be very creative in this lesson. It gets the students to think about their community in the aspects that they like and that they do not like. They are able to perform critical thinking skills to overcome aspects that they wish they could change in their community.

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Group 5's presentation was very educational. Teaching the type of identities is smart. I like how that it allows for students to think about who they really are in a deeper analysis. Students will get to see how they fit into their community and get a better understanding of what makes up their community